demethoca.com GRADE 8 Unit 6 - Adventures Smart Sheet

a. golf

c. Jeep safari

b. canoeing

a. motorcycle tour

c. heli-skiing

b. surfing

a. skiing

c. water polo

b. surfing

a. climbing

c. riding an elephant

b. scuba diving

a. paragliding

c. skydiving

b. skateboarding

a. kitesurfing

c. base jumping

b. swimming

a. ice-climbing

c. bungee jumping

b. hot-air balloon

a. mountain biking

c. trekking

b. caving

a. hang-gliding

c. freefall flight

b. caving

a. kayaking

c. motor racing

b. rafting

a. trekking

c. highlining

b. horse riding

a. underwater hockey

c. archery

b. indoor skydiving

A Look the pictures and choose the correct option.

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B Categorize the adjectives below.

C Where can you do these extreme sports? Categorize them.

Positive Adjectives Negative Adjectives

badsafe

excitingeasy

dangerousentertaining

fascinatingexotic

adventurousfrighteningexpensiveinteresting

stressfuldisappointing

amusinghard

amazingboring

fantasticgoodcheaprisky

inexpensivedelicious

motor racingjeep safari

hot-air balloonscuba diving

trekkingrafting

kayakingcaving

climbingice-climbing

skiingheli-skiing

skydivingparagliding

hang-glidingfreefall flight

bungee jumpingbase jumping

surfingkitesurfingswimming

mountain bikingcanoeing

skateboarding

River Sea Sky Mountain RoadSnow

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D Match the questions with the correct responses. (Part I)

E Match the questions with the correct responses. (Part II)

1. What’s the best time to visit Antalya?

2. How long does it take a hot-air balloon tour in Cappadocia?

3. When does MotoGP motor racing event start?

4. What can a visitor do in Erzurum?

5. What activities do you prefer doing in Fethiye?

6. What kind of sport is kitesurfing?

7. How much does it cost to do skydiving in İzmir?

8. What qualifications should I need to have to start surfing?

9. Why do you go rafting?

10. How dangerous is skiing?

11. What (equipment) do you need for kayaking?

12. Where do adrenaline seekers do bungee jumping in Turkey?

1. What’s your favorite sport or activity?

2. What does Mark think about taking photos of lions?

3. What do you prefer doing on summer holidays?

4. Do you prefer playing water polo or underwater hockey?

5. Which one would you rather do; ride a motorbike or ride a horse?

6. Would you rather do hang-gliding or go climbing?

7. Which one/extreme sports do you prefer? Skydiving or heli-skiing?

8. Why do you prefer heli-skiing?

9. When did you last try heli-skiing?

10. Where did you fly in a hot-air balloon?

11. Did you like climbing the Mount Everest?

12. Why did you like it?

a. It starts in March.

b. Well, I love nature and adrenaline. It’s also very entertaining.

c. It’s an individual sport. It’s like surfing but with a kite.

d. I think it’s summer. You can do many extreme sports in summer.

e. 6,4 % of skiing accidents result in serious injuries.

f. $ 300

g. They do it in Saklıkent and İstanbul.

h. It takes about two hours.

i. A visitor can go skiing in Mount Palandoken.

j. You should have hours of practice and learn to keep your balance.

k. Paragliding and kitesurfing.

i. I need a kayak, a paddle, a life jacket, a spray skirt and a helmet.

a. I am interested in motorcycles, so I prefer motorcycle tours. I think they are interesting and easy.

b. He thinks it’s boring. He prefers motorcycle tour to taking photos.

c. In Cappadocia. The view was fantastic.

d. I prefer underwater hockey; it’s more exotic.

e. I would rather go climbing because it’s more challenging.

f. Yes, I did.

g. Because I think it’s the craziest adventure ever.

h. I love skiing because it’s fascinating.

i. I tried it last year in Canada.

j. Heli-skiing.

k. I would rather ride a horse because horses are safer than motorbikes.

i. Because it was adventurous.

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F Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adjectives in brackets.

G Choose the correct words.

H Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. Climbing the Mount Everest is ______________ (dangerous) than riding an elephant in Thailand.

2. Watching Australian Open Tennis tournament is _____________________ (boring) than taking photographs of kangaroos.

3. I think falling off the raft is _________________ (big) danger in rafting.

4. Traveling the Far Eastern countries is _____________________ (challenging) than seeing the Pyramids in Egypt.

5. Going trekking is _____________________ (cheap) sport you can do.

6. The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is _____________________ (popular) than Overland Track in Tasmania.

7. Going trekking is _____________________ (easy) than going kayaking. But, kayaking is _____________________ (interesting).

8. Motor racing is _____________________ (hard) than horse riding.

9. I guess my _____________________ (exotic) adventure is riding an elephant in India.

10. I think rafting is _____________________ (little) risky than motor racing.

11. Burj Khalifa in Dubai is ____________________ (tall) than Taipei 101 in Taiwan.

12. Seeing the pyramids is ___________________ (fantastic) experience I have ever had.

1. I prefer/preferred hang-gliding over the Blue Lagoon in Fethiye because the view is fantastic.

2. I would rather going/go hang-gliding because it is more entertaining.

3. I prefer joining/join a motorcycle tour to seeing tourist attractions because it is more interesting.

4. I would rather going/go motor racing in Belgium than watch/watching the whales in Norway because it is cheaper.

5. I like underwater hockey because I think team sports are always amusing/risky.

6. I love taking photos of tourists attractions because it’s boring and stressful/interesting and inexpensive.

7. What kind of extreme sports do you prefer/would rather, Linda?

8. Hazerfen Ahmet Çelebi jumps/jumped from Galata Tower in 1632.

9. Would you prefer/rather do hang-gliding or go climbing?

10. I’m fond of riding/ride motorbikes because it’s adventurous

Hello everyone. Welcome to my Travel Blog Page. I 1________________ (write) about my travels around the world. I 2________________ (love) extreme sports. I generally 3________________ (prefer) safer and cheaper sports. Last week, I 4________________ (be) in Antalya for an extreme sports tour package. First, I 5________________ (try) rafting in Köprülü Kanyon National Park. It was amazing. I 6________________ (enjoy) it a lot. Next, I 7________________ (join) a jeep safari tour. We I 8________________ (drive) across the Taurus Mountains. I 9________________ (not like) it because it was expensive and boring. I prefer motorcycle tours to jeep safari tours. The next day, I 10________________ (do) scuba diving in the crystal clear Mediterranean Sea. I 11________________ (have) great time underwater. It was fascinating and mysterious. I really I 12________________ (love) it. Finally, I 13________________ (go) paragliding in Alanya. I 14________________ (fly) over the city and the sea. I enjoyed it very much because the view 15________________ (be) fantastic.

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